front and center

adverb

: in or to the forefront of activity or consideration

Examples of front and center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both of the designers’ dogs nonetheless feature front and center in the campaign imagery for Etsy’s new Susan Alexandra x Rachel Antonoff storefront, modeling the coquettish collars and darling headcoverings. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Tkachuk was known for his partnership with the local Boys & Girls Club of Ottawa, and often appeared front and center during the team’s annual visits to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario around Christmas. — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

That puts the network front and center, and it must be engineered as a first-class part of the architecture, rather than ordered last. — Ido Susan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Being front and center in the political sphere is certainly not for the thin-skinned, and no one knows that more than Vice President JD Vance's wife, Usha. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for front and center

• epicenter
• multicenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• dissenter
• frequenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer